aVBasicDB

About aVBasicDB Android App

The developer that created aVBasic Free and aVBasic now bring you aVBasicDB. aVBasicDB is the same visually oriented programming environment as the other versions. Select a control with the menu selection "New Control," drag it to where you want it on the screen, and touch it to change it, then add BASIC code to it. One line of BASIC can do a lot.

aVBasic allows you to write your own applications and run them on your device. Using an extended version of the BASIC language, you are able to add labels, text fields, buttons and switches on your screen, add code to them, and run your application.

With a comprehensive document included, you can read about the features available to you. aVBasic is fun and educational, great for a fifth grader or above.

aVBasicDB is more advanced than AVBasic. Its list of controls includes Textfield, Label, Button, TextView, Progress Bar, Segmented Switch, Table, Startup Control, Timer Control, Paint Control, and an Option Menu Control.

In addition, aVBasicDB includes a database based on the public domain sqlite engine. You may exchange databases with your PC or Mac or other tablet or phone. aVBasicDB does not support encrypted databases. Databases can be created by using OpenDB. You can use SQL with SQLExec and SQLSelect. Database commands included are CreateDBTable, DBFileList, DeleteDB, FirstRecord, GetField, GetNumRecords, IsEOF, LastRecord, NextRecord, OpenDB, ReadDBDataset, SearchDB, SQLExec, SQLSelect, WriteDBDataset.

There is full documentation with hundreds of examples of how to use aVBasic's commands, along with example programs. Commands include SetControlText, GetControlText, Say, readHardwareInfo, ReadControlXY, WriteControlXY, and more.

Currently aVBasicDB only supports portrait mode. aVBasic Pro supports both landscape and portrait.

aVBasicDB allows you to drop controls onto your device screen, drag them where you want them, and then tap them to write the code for the application. Using an extended version of the BASIC language, you place controls on your screen, add code to them, and run your application.

For example, use New Control to add a button, touch the button and touch the "edit code for button push event" button and then add the line " say["hello"] " touch the ok button, then the next ok button, then touch the Running Man so it turns into a stop sign, and touch the button you added. Your device will speak "hello".

aVBasicDB is an extended form of Basic, using labels instead of line number, and extended with functions that allow you to use the power of the standard Android controls. Some of the commands available are EnableControl, DisableControl, HideControl, ShowControl, GetControlValue, DrawArc, DrawLine, DrawOval, DrawPoly, DrawRect, DrawText, FillOval, poly, rectangle, isPointInRect, setFingerPaint, and SetLineWidth.

With aVBasicDB you also have access to your contact list. You can ReadContactInfo[], and SelectContact[]. In addition you can define your own commands and functions using the Library control.